What is it that saddens a parent the most? As a parent and the phase I am going through, I think it is when the child is not doing well, health-wise. Being a mother of a toddler, the most unhappy moments are the ones when my toddler is down with fever or cough & cold, or the most recent one - stomach infection. I introduced a new food last week - perhaps it did not suit him and it led to stomach infection. He is recovering; however, the recovering it's taking its own sweet time. And seeing him go through such pain is extremely painful for me.
As a child grows, I am sure parents have different set of issues to deal with at different points of time. Which school is the best for my child? Will my child get admission into a good school? Once admitted, is my child giving in his/her best at studies and extra-curricular activities? And always hoping that children don't fall into bad company. Will my child be able to understand right from wrong, good from bad, ethical from unethical?
I think the answer to the last question and the statement before it is more to do with the upbringing. What children watch at home and comprehend according to their understanding help them not cross the thin line between right & wrong, good & bad, ethical from unethical. And it is the upbringing that helps a child not bend to peer pressure.
I've seen so many parents asking their children to do things because of what the society will say. "Aisa karoge, toh log kya kahenge?" People will say things anyways. Someone will try to bring down another, maybe because someone could not do something himself/herself. The main thing is follow your dreams and let people say things. If people don't say anything about your dreams, I feel your dreams are not worth following. If people don't say anything about your dreams, you are doing what everyone else is doing.
Dream. And rock on!
As a child grows, I am sure parents have different set of issues to deal with at different points of time. Which school is the best for my child? Will my child get admission into a good school? Once admitted, is my child giving in his/her best at studies and extra-curricular activities? And always hoping that children don't fall into bad company. Will my child be able to understand right from wrong, good from bad, ethical from unethical?
I think the answer to the last question and the statement before it is more to do with the upbringing. What children watch at home and comprehend according to their understanding help them not cross the thin line between right & wrong, good & bad, ethical from unethical. And it is the upbringing that helps a child not bend to peer pressure.
I've seen so many parents asking their children to do things because of what the society will say. "Aisa karoge, toh log kya kahenge?" People will say things anyways. Someone will try to bring down another, maybe because someone could not do something himself/herself. The main thing is follow your dreams and let people say things. If people don't say anything about your dreams, I feel your dreams are not worth following. If people don't say anything about your dreams, you are doing what everyone else is doing.
Dream. And rock on!
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